OTTAWA - The stage is set and the script is written, now it's up to Team Canada to pen the ending.

The all-but-inevitable gold-medal rematch between Team Canada and Team U.S.A will go ahead as expected Tuesday after the Canadians brushed aside their latest fatality, Team Russia, in an 8-1 romp at Scotiabank Place.

Frankly, considering the level of overseas competition in this 2013 women's world championship, anything less would have been considered a national travesty.

The Russians rarely threatened, barely managed to get across the opposing blue line, and celebrated a new level of international achievement by scoring a single goal against the otherwise impenetrable Canadian Shield put up by Shannon Szabados and the Team Canada defence.